KUCHING (Aug 18): Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah hoped that the Sarawak Youth Development Committee annual general meeting (AGM) would serve as a platform to address issues on youth development in the state.
The Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development said the meeting is a plat
Mayor Datuk Noorliza Awang Alip hopes to see programmes carried out by Persatuan Mencegah Dadah Malaysia (Pemadam) Kota Kinabalu City Hall (KKCH) to become a community activity
KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 A group of 43 non-profit organisations (NGOs) today urged members of Parliament to pass the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill to safeguard the health of.
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PUTRAJAYA: About 35% of the 52,873 smokers who registered under the mQuit Services, a smoking cessation treatment, between 2015 and 2019, have successfully quit smoking, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.
He said the programme was conducted in two phases, namely, the first phase held from 2015 to 2017, and the second phase from 2017 to this year.
There are 198 registered private facilities nationwide offering smoking cessation services to date, and the number is expected to increase to 400 facilities by 2025, he said.
“It is an encouraging success as a result of the cooperation of all the partners involved,” he told reporters here today after the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the third phase of mQuit Services between the Ministry of Health (MOH) and 13 partners, for a period of five years .